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Profile of State Senate District 29, MS

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Approximate PVI: D+16

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2022 population: 53,760

2022 Census data
White:	19,634	36.52%
Black:	32,115	59.74%
Indian:	74	0.14%
Asian:	341	0.63%
2+ races:	764	1.42%
Hispanic:	775	1.44%

Total non-White:	34,126	63.48%

Age, Family & Household Data for State Senate District 29, MS

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2022
Number	Percent
37.1
11,653	21.7%
42,107	78.3%
8,219	15.3%

22,440
2.30

13,096	58.4%
8,032	61.3%
2,284	17.4%
9,344	41.6%

2022 Housing Data for State Senate District 29, MS

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	26,096
Median Value	$170,000

Occupied	22,440	86.0%
Vacant	3,656	14.0%

Owned	14,261	63.6%
Rented	8,179	36.4%
Median Rent	$1,080

Single-Family Units	17,928	68.7%
Detached	17,162	65.8%
Attached	766	2.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	5,315	20.4%
Mobile Homes	1,117	4.3%

2022 Income & Employment Data for State Senate District 29, MS

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,232	5.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,079	4.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	691	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,283	5.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,144	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,084	4.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	869	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,197	5.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	777	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,666	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	2,202	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,620	16.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,881	8.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,411	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,156	5.2%
$200,000 or more	1,148	5.1%

Median Household Income	62,929
Per Capita Income	34,601

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,401	6.2%
Public Assistance	341	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,062	9.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	24,678	71.1%
Unemployed	1,321	3.8%
In Armed Forces	120	0.3%

Total Labor Force	26,119	75.3%
Not in Labor Force	8,577	24.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	8,528	6,688	56.0%
Non-Profit	765	1,574	32.7%
Self-Employed	1,210	865	58.3%

Local Government	653	1,000	39.5%
State Government	1,298	2,284	36.2%
Federal Government	355	1,244	22.2%

Total Private + Self	9,738	7,553	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	3,071	6,102	33.5%
Total	12,809	13,655	48.4%

Pct. Govt.	25.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	4,287	16.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	5,165	19.5%
Professional, Technical	7,727	29.1%
Service Occupations	4,135	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	84	0.3%
All others	5,214	19.7%

White Collar		64.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	4,597	17.3%
Public administration	3,074	11.6%
Educational services	2,599	9.8%
Retail trade	2,368	8.9%
Accommodation and food services	2,147	8.1%
Manufacturing	1,657	6.2%
Other services	1,653	6.2%
Finance and insurance	1,549	5.8%
Transportation and warehousing	1,538	5.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,302	4.9%
Construction	1,153	4.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,076	4.1%
Wholesale trade	453	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	450	1.7%
Information	332	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	297	1.1%
Utilities	193	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	83	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	7	0.0%

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for State Senate District 29, MS

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	398	0.74%
Puerto Rican	54	0.10%
Cuban	41	0.08%
Dominican	54	0.10%

Total Central American	134	0.25%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	14	0.03%
Honduran	91	0.17%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	11	0.02%
Salvadoran	18	0.03%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	57	0.11%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	57	0.11%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	37	0.07%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	91	0.17%
Indian	83	0.15%
Filipino	53	0.10%
Thai	31	0.06%
Chinese	25	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	49,569	97.1%
Spanish	759	1.5%
Other Indo-European	166	0.3%
German, other Germanic	118	0.2%
Vietnamese	91	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	67	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	63	0.1%
Chinese	60	0.1%
Other	58	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	3,103	5.8%
English	3,054	5.7%
Irish	2,442	4.5%
German	1,946	3.6%
European	1,007	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	924	1.7%
French	775	1.4%
Scottish	567	1.1%
African	500	0.9%
Italian	493	0.9%
Swedish	309	0.6%
British	295	0.5%
Greek	273	0.5%
Dutch	234	0.4%
Polish	206	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	53,376	99.3%
Not a citizen	384	0.7%

Native	52,943	98.5%
Foreign-born	817	1.5%

2022 Educational Attainment Data for State Senate District 29, MS

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years		9-12 Years		H.S. Grad or GED		Some College		Bach. Degree		Grad Degree
796	2.2%	1,831	5.0%	7,635	20.9%	11,549	31.6%	7,578	20.7%	7,137	19.5%
Average years of education: 14.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	796	2.2%
9-12 Years	1,831	5.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	7,635	20.9%
Some College	11,549	31.6%
Bach. Degree	7,578	20.7%
Grad Degree	7,137	19.5%
Average years of education: 14.2

Source for the above data: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (5 year-estimates)

Election Results for State Senate District 29, MS

Date	District	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes
2023-11-07	29	David Blount* (D)	12,786	77.8%	Michael Carson (R)	3,656	22.2%	0	0.0%	16,442

*: incumbent sp: special election RO: runoff election